The real deal Nineteenth-century ballets are not all alike. But Boston Ballet's Sleeping Beauty is the real McCoy.

Fall Dance Preview: Kick up your heels! Fall dance starts at the very beginning, which is a very good place to start, with Doug Elkins and Friends’ hilarious send-up of The Sound of Music , and continues straight through to the brink of the holiday season with an authentic Gypsy “Ole!” from a pair of flamenco cousins.

The real deal Nineteenth-century ballets are not all alike. But Boston Ballet's Sleeping Beauty is the real McCoy.

Fall Dance Preview: Kick up your heels! Fall dance starts at the very beginning, which is a very good place to start, with Doug Elkins and Friends’ hilarious send-up of The Sound of Music , and continues straight through to the brink of the holiday season with an authentic Gypsy “Ole!” from a pair of flamenco cousins.

Festival Ballet's emotional, sensual Carmen Although the gypsy girl Carmen is most familiar from the 1875 opera of that name by Georges Bizet, local audiences have also become acquainted with the Carmen performed by Festival Ballet, which was commissioned by them and first appreciated in the 2003-04 season.